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Breaking Boundaries

College of Adaptive Arts: Moving Educational Mountains for Deserving Citizens

Please come and hear the vision and meet the students at CAA’s

Giving Breakfast on Friday morning, May 12, 7:45 – 9am sharp, Scott’s

Seafood in downtown San Jose. Also, visit the CAA website to sign up
for a weekly tour of the College each Friday class is in session, 1-2pm,

www.collegeofadaptivearts.org.

Adaptive Arts was created to understand how each
out of those experiences, student learns.
allowing adults with The key
disabilities to have an accomplishments
equitable collegiate are numerous and
experience and become include many personal
successful contributing achievements. This past
citizens. CAA serves December 2016 College
adults whose path may not of Adaptive Arts was
College of Adaptive and teach them how to be be to obtain an Associates a featured Wishbook
Arts (CAA) provides successful contributing Degree at a community Charity with the San film crew won Best
an equitable collegiate citizens through the arts, college; nevertheless, Jose Mercury News. Television Series at the
experience to adults health, and wellness. they have much more Additionally, CAA CreaTV Creative Awards
with special needs who The College of Adaptive to learn and contribute was just nominated for in San Jose. Recently,
historically have not Arts was founded by as adult citizens. Over a grant from the CSR CAA just received
had access to college DeAnna Pursai and Pam half of CAA’s part-time Cares Foundation in vendorization with the
education. Founded in the Lindsay. DeAnna, a staff of 23 professors February, 2017. CAA was San Andreas Regional
summer of 2009 in south special education teacher are also adults with recognized by the CA Center so that consumers
San Jose, CAA began who has a sister with differing abilities such as state legislature back in with the regional center
with one summer musical Down syndrome, and autism, cancer survivors, 2010. It received the San can now receive up to 6
theatre workshop class Pam, an actress who has a blindness, and leaders Andreas Regional Center classes per quarter free of
for 12 adults with special daughter with Asperger’s, with dyslexia. They have Outstanding Community charge.
needs. Fast forward to the are neighbors. They share the passion of their artistic Service award in 2012. We are Different.
spring of 2017, CAA now personal experiences of trade and the patience In 2013 the CAA student We are Able.
serves 90+ students each the distress and dismay
of its 4 distinct quarters of lack of educational
throughout the year. opportunities for adults
CAA’s fundamental with special needs once
purpose is to give adults they turn 22 and must
with special needs exit the public education
an equitable, lifelong system.
collegiate experience, The College of

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